Ciscovs.Pure Storage
CSCO vs PSTG · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Cisco is about 20× larger than Pure Storage by market cap; Cisco trades at the lower P/E (34.1 vs 119.1); year to date, Pure Storage leads (+119.7% vs +53.1%).
Side by side
| CSCO | PSTG | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $453B | $22.4B |
| Price | $114.89 | — |
| Today | −2.1% | — |
| Return YTD | +53.1% | +119.7% |
| Return 1Y | +71.2% | +20.7% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | +1.0% | +60.3% |
| P/E | 34.1 | 119.1 |
| P/S | 7.2 | 6.1 |
| P/B | 9.0 | 15.5 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
CiscoCSCO
Switches and routers at a scale no other network vendor matches, plus Silicon One chips of its own design and the security business built around Splunk. AI orders from hyperscalers are the newer line.
Full CSCO profile →Pure StoragePSTG
All-flash arrays for data centers, sold as a subscription service.
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